diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c41a5ec..a9827db 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@orbitdb/core",
-  "version": "2.5.0",
+  "version": "3.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@orbitdb/core",
-      "version": "2.5.0",
+      "version": "3.0.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@ipld/dag-cbor": "^9.0.6",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e597211..bb3dfb3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@orbitdb/core",
-  "version": "2.5.0",
+  "version": "3.0.0",
   "description": "Distributed p2p database on IPFS",
   "author": "Haad",
   "license": "MIT",